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L. B ROBINSON. TURPING IMPLEMENT.

No. 477,453. Patented June 21,1 92.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAURENCE BENJAMIN ROBINSON, OF MILTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO I-IIRAM E.PAYNE, OF SAME PLACE.

TURFING IMPLEMENT.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 477,453, dated June21, 1892. Application filed April 29,1891. Serial No. 390,915- (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURENCE BENJAMIN ROBINSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Milton, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas,have invented a new and use ful Turfing Implement, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines which are adapted for doing turfing;of the same is to produce a new and improved handle therefor, togetherwith improved means for threading the needle. These ends areaccomplished by the device hereinafter more fully described and claimed,and as illustrated on the sheet of drawings, wherein-- Figure l is ageneral perspective view of this device complete. Fig, 2 is a centrallongitudinal section of the handle. Fig.3isa plan view of Fig. 1.showing the manner in which the needle is threaded. Fig. 4 is an endview of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section of a portionof the needle-body.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter N designates the needle,having a beveled point P, and this needle is of tubular form, as bestseen in Fig. l, being formed of a strip of sheet metal bent into theproper shape, but the two edges of the sheet being disconnected wherethey come in contact, whereby a longitudinal slit S is formed. The upperside of the neodle-body is shaped into a tongue T, whose body is bentupwardly and whose tip inclines downwardly and forwardly and projects aslight distance into the needle-body where the latter is open, all asbest seen in Fig. 5.

The letter H designates a handle having on its under side a pair of carsE, and between these cars is pivoted the eccentric or cam shaped head 0of a lever L. I

B is a presser-foot, whose inner end is adapted to pass between the earsE and between the head 0 and handle H, whereby it is adj ustably andremovably connected with the handle when the lever L is operated in theproper direction, and the outer end of this presser-foot is turned upand provided with an opening 0, having an aperture A at one side. Theinner end of the needle is inserted in a hole in the end of the handleand its body passed through the opening 0 in the presser foot, with itsslitS registering with the aperture A, and when the presser-foot B isadaud the objectjusted it is obvious that its turned-up end is movednearer to or farther from the point P of the needle.

The parts havingbeen assembled, the zeph yr is passed across the needlein rear of the tongue, as seen by the full line Z in Fig. 3, and is thendrawn forward. This movement draws it beneath the tongue and into theslit S through the aperture A, as seen in dotted lines,and when itreaches the front end of the slit it passes through the open point P,after which it is fed in at one side of the tongue and out from thepoint. 'lheturling is done in the usual manner with implements of thischaracter, as well understood by persons familiar with the art.

I do not limit myself to the specific details of construction, asconsiderable change may be made therein without departing from thespirit of my invention. The exactsize, shape, and proportions ofparts,as well as the materials of which they are made, are notimportant.

That is claimed as new is- 1. The herein-described needle, having atubular body with a slit along one side, the rear end of the body beingopen on its upper side, and a tongue whose body is bent up wardly andwhose extremity is bent downwardly and slightly into the needle, as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. In aturfingimplement, the combination, with a tubular needle having alongitudinal 8 5 slit, the outer end of the needle being open and itsupper side being formed into a tongue near its inner end, which is bentupwardly and whose extremity projects into the needle, of a handle intowhich the needle is passed and a presser-foot adj ustably connected atits inner end to the handle and having its outer end turned up andprovided with an opening having an aperture at one side registering withsaid slit, as and for the purpose herein- 5 before set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAURENCE BENJAMIN ROBINSON.

